l'alphabet français II : répétez !

Okay, so you have listened to more French alphabet songs than you'd ever thought possible.  Enough listening!  You won't learn the sounds and the names of the letters until you get comfortable pronouncing them.  So clear your throat, take a long drink of eau, and try these out:

"Military-style French Alphabet": An English-speaking French teacher walks you through her version of the alphabet, set to the rhythm of a familiar military cadence ("I don't know but I've been told…").  This ten-minute video is very thorough and offers opportunities to practice single lines at a time slowly and then build up to saying the whole chant more quickly. Watch this quick example first:

l'alphabet français I : chantez !

It's time to learn the French alphabet!  Let's start with some chansons (songs)... First, some traditional alphabet songs feaaturing Mozart's familiar melody….

La chanson de l'alphabet, featuring a man's voice accompanied by a calm acoustic guitar:

The letters appear on screen, along with the lyrics at the end of the song: "Maintenant je les connais/Toutes les lettres de l'alphabet."

devoirs from 9/22/15

1.  Continue practicing the "Roule Galette" script.
2.  Continue working on the new entry in the vocabulary chart.
3.  Finish writing the last page of the RG script.
4.  Practice the alphabet using the videos (which I will post soon).

devoirs from 9/15/15

1.  Read and repeat the "Roule galette" script (I will email your dad the audio file today or tomorrow).
2.  Answer the new "Observer and analyser" questions about RG.
3.  Add "connaître" to the verb chart and complete as many other squares as possible (use your dictionary or a site like wordreference.com).

devoirs from 9/8/15

1.  Finish the rest of the photocopied workbook pages.
2.  Practice reading the first page and a half of the revised "Roule galette" script.
3.  Answer the "Observer et analyser" questions.

devoirs from 9/1/15

1.  Finish the rest of the photocopied workbook pages.
2.  Practice reading the first page and a half of the revised "Roule galette" script, using the voice file I emailed your dad.